What to see

The Celje Central Library has perhaps one of the most beautiful locations in town – on the banks of the Savinja River. After decades of operation at a number of scattered locations, the new buildin...

This neo-renaissance palace, modelled after the Heinrichshof of Vienna, was built in 1887. The design is the work of the architect Hans Fraueneder. The ornate façade is adorned by triangular gables...

The chapel core is approximately as old as the St. Maximilian Church. Today, it includes a stone altar from the 17th century. Under the chapel, there is a well which, according to an old legend, sp...

This is the only example of a preserved mediaeval almshouse in Slovenia dating from the 15th century. The building was thoroughly renovated in the first half of the 19th century and it served as th...

There is an Old Christian Baptistery in the Gubčeva Street, featuring an octagonal baptismal font, dating from the late 4th or early 5th century AD. It seems likely that a major church complex exis...

In the 14th and the 15th century, the mansion was the residence of the Counts and Princes of Celje. Following the fall of the Counts of Celje, the building was the office of the vice-dominus (or vi...

In 1906, the German House, as it was called at the time, was extended based on the plans commissioned by Celje’s German residents from the Viennese architect Peter Pavel Brang. Starting with ...

St. Joseph Church is located just above the Stations of the Cross, on the top of the Jožefov hrib. It was built by the citizens of Celje in 1680 as a token of gratitude at the end of the plague pan...

Romantic, enticing, magnificent, dark, frightening – the Celje Castle. It is a must-see sight for all visitors to Celje, regardless of where they are from. A mighty walled castle towering over the ...